Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. Acquires 17,336 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCIT

Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 7.4% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 252,137 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,336 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up about 0.6% of Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 20th largest position. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $21,117,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VCIT. Richards Merrill & Peterson Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Chapman Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at about $31,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, DT Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $42,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of VCIT stock opened at $81.97 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $82.66 and a 200-day moving average of $83.39. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $81.43 and a one year high of $84.84.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a $0.3412 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.33. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index measures the investment return of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with maturities between 5 and 10 years. Vanguard Group, Inc provides investment adisory services to the Fund.